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US citizen teen tackled, bloodied by ICE in mistaken Bronx arrest; judge calls it illegal

Oct 5, 2026·Location: Bronx, NY

US citizen teen tackled, bloodied by ICE in mistaken Bronx arrest; judge calls it illegal
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Jeury Concepcion, a 19-year-old U.S. citizen from the Bronx, was tackled by ICE agents near East Gun Hill Road and Hull Avenue after being mistaken for a man with a removal order. Cellphone video showed masked agents with guns drawn forcing him to the ground and handcuffing him outside a barber shop while a bystander yelled 'Why you kidnapping?!' Witnesses said Concepcion repeatedly told agents he was a U.S. citizen as he was restrained and left bleeding from a head wound. Agents later checked his ID, realized they had the wrong person, apologized, and dropped him off bloodied at an unfamiliar park, where his mother and grandmother, Ivelisse Garcia Santana, eventually found him and took him for treatment; he received a concussion diagnosis and seven stitches. A DHS spokesperson said ICE did not arrest him, claiming he was briefly detained for matching a description and refusing to identify himself. Judge Gary R. Brown later reviewed video of the incident, calling it 'extremely violent' and ruling the arrest illegal, citing 'significant injury to a U.S. citizen.' Concepcion's case is among more than 500 U.S. citizens ProPublica identified as having been detained by immigration agents during the Trump administration.

Timeline

Oct 5, 2026—Judge Gary R. Brown reviewed video of the arrest and ruled it illegal, calling the encounter 'extremely violent'
May 6, 2026—Jeury Concepcion tackled and detained by ICE agents in mistaken-identity arrest in the Bronx, sustaining head injuries requiring stitches
May 6, 2026—Agents realized they detained the wrong person, apologized, and left him at an unfamiliar park; family later found him and took him to hospital
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